Biden Pratfalls Cold Open (Saturday Night Live sketch w/Chevy Chase).
Chevy Chase enters from offscreen. He's wearing aviator sunglasses, doing his best Biden impression. Can Chevy do a Biden impression? Well, if he can't, it'll be even funnier.
He walks over to a carpeted aircraft stairway, with "Air Force One" painted on the side. He takes a long look up the stairway, and holds for laughs. He shakes his head, pulls off the sunglasses and breaks character:
CHEVY: Lorne? Lorne! Get your evil Canadian butt out here.
SNL Producer Lorne Michaels (Beck Bennett?) enters from behind the camera.
LORNE: Problem, Chevy?
CHEVY: You remember what happened, the last time I did pratfalls, forty-odd years ago?
LORNE: They were funny. That's what I remember. And that's why we brought you back.
CHEVY: I remember serious injuries and a painkiller habit that wouldn't quit. That's what I remember.
LORNE: Just do the pratfalls, bubeleh. Three in a row. The audience will love it.
Lorne starts to leave, but Chevy yells after him:
CHEVY: Hey, you Canuck wetback bastard! I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not!
LORNE [spins around, perfect timing]: Hey, funny boy, I WROTE THAT LINE FOR YOU! I made you famous. I gave you a TV career. I gave you a MOVIE career! Now do the friggin' pratfalls and stop bitching!
CHEVY [instantly contrite]: Okay Lorne. Whatever you say...
Chevy starts up the stairs. SMASH CUT TO: Chevy's in a hospital bed, bandaged from head to toe. Lorne stands at his bedside, looking fiendishly happy.
LORNE: Nice work, Chevy. Best ratings all season!
CHEVY: So it was worth it?
LORNE: It was definitely worth it.
Chevy makes a lasso out of his intravenous tube, and throws it around Lorne.
CHEVY: Then let's see how YOU like it.
Chevy yanks on the lasso, and pulls Lorne's feet out from under him. Lorne flops down behind the bed, but his head quickly pops up and Chevy leans in:
LORNE/CHEVY: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!
Biden's trifecta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQgv1ChNblk
Published on March 21, 2021 17:30
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